Electrical

Trim tab servo  01/11/02

During my time killing waiting on the wings, I decided to attach a connector to the electric elevator trim servo.  I dug up the "Electric Bob" suggestions for doing this and followed them.  I had a hard time finding gold plated DB-9 connectors.  Radio Shack didn't have them nor did their web site have them listed.  Only the tin plated ones were available.  I finally found an electronics store in the Quad Cites that still stocked them.  (It's amazing how hard it is to find an electronics shop these days.)

After finding the parts, it was fairly straight forward to solder these wires to the connector.  Just a word of warning (and don't ask how I know) but it is easy to overheat the connectors and melt the insulation.  Again, follow directions and get a couple extra connectors to play with and all will work out.

04/23/03  1.5 hours

I spent a little time wiring up a terminal block on the rear turtle deck.  I plan on using this for the tail strobe and the rear position light.  I guess the preferred method is to not cut the wire, but instead pull a solid run but I'll probably end up doing final assembly of this plane in a community hanger.  So, I'll try to get this thing modularized and do as much before leaving the garage as possible.  

I ordered the AMP Flexi-block kit.  It allows you to pick as many blocks as you need for a give occurrence.

4/26/03  1 hour

I stole this idea from Andy Karmy.  I used the piece that I had cut off of the front center cover when I installed the high pressure fuel pump.  I'll trim it up later but it'll work. 

  I just added a hinge to this thing so that it would be easier to get to later.  I will be using fuses rather than circuit breakers.  I have two different busses, the main buss and the essential buss (aka Aeroelectric.com)

5/01/03    3 Hours

The strobe power unit.  It's located behind the cargo bay. The time consuming part of this is determining where you are going to route everything.